James Franco Tries To Make Non-Visible Art More Visible, Even on TV
Thought that James Franco's recent apparent breakup with art BFF Kalup Linzy [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/fashion/performance-artist-kalup-linzy-and-the-art-of-being-a-character.html?_r=1] meant that you wouldn't be seeing quite as much of his grinning disembodied mug [http://hyperallergic.com
Thought that James Franco’s apparent recent breakup with art BFF Kalup Linzy meant that you wouldn’t be seeing quite as much of his grinning disembodied mug around as you have been during the last two years or so? Guess again! Franco appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last week to engage in a bit of lighthearted homoerotic banter and talk about his involvement with the Non-Visible Museum project, explaining to millions of late night TV viewers that yes, people actually do pay occasionally large amounts of money for works of art they can’t see.
At least he managed to get the word “Fluxus” into the conversation and did his best to convince an obstinately uncomprehending Kimmel that a bunch of other artists have been doing this sort of thing for over half a century already, though he didn’t have time to go into any sort of detail about the history of conceptual art. Besides, why let all that boring art history get in the way of plugging a Kickstarter project? (Oh, and apparently he’s in some new movie too.)
